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Metafroneta
Holotype of Metafroneta subversa held at Te Papa, Wellington
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Metafroneta Blest, 1979
Type species
M. sinuosa Blest, 1979
Species
3, see text

Metafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.

Species

As of May 2021 it contains three species:

• Metafroneta minima Blest, 1979 – New Zealand
• Metafroneta sinuosa Blest, 1979 (type) – New Zealand
• Metafroneta subversa Blest & Vink, 2002 – New Zealand

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. ^ "Gen. Metafroneta Blest, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
2. Blest, A. D. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 95–173.

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